Overview

A quote request can be submitted by filling out the quote template and emailing the document to TI.

Quote submission

Quote submission requirements:

  1. The submission email must be sent from a valid corporate email domain provided on customer onboarding form on TI.com
  2. The attached document must follow the standard quoting format shown below
  3. The submission email must be send to a valid automated TI email address:

Supported document formats

Format

Template

Excel (.xlsx)

Download

Excel (.xls)

Download

Comma Separated Values (.csv)

Download

 

Document fields

Field

Type

Limit

Required

Example

Description

Customer Quote Identifier

Alphanumeric

35 characters  

Q001

The quote identifier that uniquely identifies this quote request. If you do not provide a customer quote identifier, an ID will be generated automatically

Supplier End Customer Identifier

Alphanumeric

10 characters

✓*

1234567

The TI end customer number corresponding to the appropriate end customer, which TI provided was provided by TI during the onboarding process. If you do not have a code provided, leave this blank and populate the customer end customer name field

* This is a required field for contract manufacturers (CMs) if the customer end customer name is not provided

Customer End Customer Name Alphanumeric 52 characters ✓* End Customer Name

The descriptive name of the end customer. Using the full customer name will helps TI identify the end customer more quickly and speeds up the quoting process

* This is a required field for contract manufacturers (CMs) if the supplier end customer identifier is not provided

Quote Reason

Alphanumeric

15 characters

 

Price Lookup

The reason for this request for a quote. The available options are as follows, entries must match exactly:

Reason Description Used By
CM Controlled Contract manufacturer devices CMs
OEM Controlled Original equipment manufacturer (OEM) devices CMs
New Opportunity New design project opportunity OEMs
Price Lookup Price lookup or renewal OEMs

Supplier Product Identifier

Alphanumeric

40 characters

OPA333

The TI product identifier for which a price quote is requested

Customer Product Identifier

Alphanumeric

40 characters  

PART123

The customer part name

Customer Requested Quantity

Integer

13 characters

1000

The quantity of parts for which a price quote is requested

Customer Target Unit Price

Decimal

19 characters  

0.25

The desired or expected price for this product

Competing Supplier Name

Alphanumeric

40 characters  

Competitor Name

The name of the competing supplier (if applicable)

* The competitors name is mandatory if competitor material, price, or currency is provided

Competing Supplier Material

Alphanumeric

40 characters  

PART456

The competitor part name, equivalent to the TI material for which a quote is requested (if applicable)

* The competing supplier name is mandatory, if competing supplier material is provided

Competing Supplier Unit Price

Decimal

19 characters  

0.31

The competitor unit price (if applicable)

* The competing supplier name is mandatory, if competing supplier unit price is provided

Competing Supplier Currency

Alphanumeric

5 characters  

USD

The competitor supplier currency (if applicable)

* The competing supplier name is mandatory, if competing supplier currency is provided

 

Quote acknowledgment

Response email

TI will typically send a response email to the quote sender within 30 minutes after submission.

Response attachment

The TI quote identifier(s) assigned to your request will be included in the Excel (xlsx) document attached to the response email. The document will contain all the input fields for your reference as well as the following fields.

A templated acknowledgment response attachment can be downloaded here.

Field

Type

Example

Description

Supplier Quote Status

Alphanumeric

PENDING

Conveys the status of this quote as a whole and will be either REJECT or PENDING

Status

Description

REJECT

TI could not process the quote because of one or more errors

PENDING

The quote was submitted to TI successfully and will send a separate response once the quote has been processed

Supplier Messages

Alphanumeric

 

Lists any issues with the quote or TI quote Id(s), if the quote was successfully submitted

 

Errors

If there are any errors that prevent the successful submission of a quote, they will be listed in the supplier messages field. All errors will be prefixed with an error code in square brackets that uniquely identifies the error as well as descriptive message. See the TI E2E™ design support forums for error handling steps for specific error messages. Remediate and resubmit the document to TI through email.

Quote response

Response email

The sender of the quote request will typically receive a detailed response email within 24 hours with the same email subject as was used for the submission.

Response attachment

The Excel document attached to the response email will contain all the input fields for your reference as well as the following fields. 

A templated response attachment can be downloaded here.

Field

Type

Example

Description

Supplier Quote Status

Alphanumeric

 

 

Supplier Quote Valid From Date

Date

2022-01-01

The start date from which this quote will be valid

Supplier Quote Valid To Date

Date

2022-01-01

The latest date that this quote will be valid. After this date, a new quote will need to be generated

Supplier Quote Line Item Number

Alphanumeric

 

TI's internal quote line item number

Supplier Quote Item Status

Alphanumeric

 

The status of this quote item

Supplier Unit Price

Decimal

1.23

The unit price quoted for this line item

Supplier Unit Price Currency

Alphanumeric

USD

The currency in which the unit price was quoted

Supplier Quote Item Comments

Alphanumeric

 

Additional comments from TI for this line item, if any

Supplier Product Lead Time

Integer

50

The estimated minimum number of days required from the time an order is placed until the product is shipped

Supplier Product Minimum Quantity

Integer

100

The minimum quantity (MOQ) that can be ordered

Supplier Product Next Quantity Increment

Integer

1000

The next quantity increment from the requested quantity, based on the standard pack quantity (SPQ) for this material, that can be ordered

Supplier Product Package Type

Alphanumeric

 

The type of packaging used for the requested product

Supplier Product Restriction Of Hazardous Substances Compliant

Alphanumeric

 

 

Supplier Product Cancellation Window Weeks

Integer

4

The number of weeks from the placement of an order before which it is possible to process cancellation requests

Supplier Product Reschedule Window Weeks

Integer

 

The number of weeks from the placement of an order before which it is possible to process reschedule requests

Supplier NonCancellable NonReturnable Product

Boolean

False

If "true", it is not possible to cancel orders of this product

Supplier Product Type

Alphanumeric

 

The type of product

Supplier Product Moisture Level

Alphanumeric

 

The moisture-level requirements for this product

Supplier Product Export Control Classification Number

Alphanumeric

 

 

Supplier Payment Terms

Alphanumeric